Garment-supporter.



D. H. HAYWOOD. GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLIGATION FILED JULY g5. 190s.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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D. H. HAYWOOD. -GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1908. L

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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' garment supporters, and particularly to im-' .To all whom it may concern:

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DANIEL HOWARD HAYWGOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 MAX HAETGG, 0F Pa'IERSON, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. "Z, 196%.

' Application filed July 25, 1908. Serial No. 445,306.

Be it known that I, DANIEL HOWARD HAY- woon, a citizen of the United States of America, and 'a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of whichv the following is 'a specification, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawing? forming a part thereof.

r y invention relates to improvements in provements in hose supporters.

One of the most popular forms of hose supporters of the present day are those wherein the device is suspended from a belt,

or from some other garment,such as from the lower edge of corsets,while the lower end thereof terminates in two divergent straps provided with clasps which grasp the upper end of the hose. The body'portion of the device, or the divergent straps, or both, are made elastic so as to apply a constant tension tending to pull up the hose and to bear down upon the corset or other garment to which the upper end of the device is attached. There is one serious objection, however, to this style of supporter, popular as it is, and that is the tendency to breakage due to the constant strain which is upon the device. The breakage usually occurs at the junction of the divergent straps of the main body portion of the supporter, though sometimes ithappens along the main body portion; but in either case the result is an immediate failure to support the hose, and a tendency at once to drag the hose down, due to the weight of theparts which remain connected to the hose, said parts being now supported only by the clasps upon the upper edge of the hose,-and which therefore now hang down from this point. The usual result'of a stocking supporter of this kind breaking is the-immediate slipping down of the entire hose.

It is one of the objects. of my present invention to provide a. safety device by which the hose will still be supported even though the aforesaid supporting straps should break, and to this end I provide an elastic connection between the two clasps which engage the upper end of the hose, such elastic connection bein arranged to he put under tension when t e clasps are applied, and

thereof.

more be understood from the foregoing that the elastic element, with the two clasps, will itself form an eflicient garter independently of the suspension straps, so that a. second feature of my invention is a garter comprising per se an elastic strap and fasteners 01' clasps at the opposite ends thereof, said fasteners or clasps having means for passingv over the edge of the hose, so that one portion of each clasp will be supported at the rear of the hose, and the Inorder that my invention may befully understood, I will now proceed to describe certain embodiments thereof, such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of the lower end of a garment supporter, having my improved safety connecting device employed therewith. Fig. 2 is a detail view in transverse section through one of the clasps thereof,-the plane of section being taken substantially upon the line 22 of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the supporter showing the safety strap as connected to the stud element of the clasp instead of being connected to the loop element thereof-as is shown in Figs. 1 and Fig. 4: is a detail view in side elevation of the stud element and safety strap connected thereto. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the garment supporter when being worn, the suspension straps of one of the supporters being shown as broken and the hose as retained in position by the safety strap. Fig. dis a face view of a garter constructed in accordance with my invention showing it as it may be used independently of the suspension-straps. 'Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same. .Flg. 8 isa detail perspective view other at the front.

v 17 as secured to the stud element 13 of the veniently be arranged in a line with the strap, together with the fasteners, forms a of one form of the elasps or fasteners employed, and Fig. 9 isa view showing the garter in use.

Referring first of all to Figs. 1 and 2 the supporter therein shown comprises in generhl a vertical elastic suspension strap 10, two divergent straps 11, and clasps orfasteners 12 at the end of each of the said divergent straps 11. In general the clasps' 12 are of the ordinary type comprising a stud element 13, and a loop element is, but 1 have provided the loop element lei with an extension 15, having a slot 16 therein for receiving the ends of an elastic safety strap 17. The elastic safety strap connected to the two clasps or fasteners 12 at its opposite ends by being looped into the slot 16 of the extension 15 and secured thereto by sewing in the ordinary way. The method of adjusting the supporter upon the wearer is shown in Fig. 5, the strap 1.? being placed under sufiicient tension to draw that portion of the hose which extends around the leg atthe rear of the-points of connection of the garment supporter, taut. The result of this arrangement is that should the suspension elements break, such, for instance, as in the manner shown upon one side in Fig. 5, such tension will be amply suiiicient to hold the hose in position.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the safety strap clasp or fastener 12, in which case the said safety strap will be arranged beneath the hose when the device is adjusted in position instead of the front thereof, as is shown in Fig. 5. The said safety strap will, however, place the same tension upon the hose around the rear of the leg so as to support the hose, as in the manner described in connection with the first mentioned construction.

it will be readily seen that the tension complete garter in itself independently of the suspension straps, and can be so used, if desired- In making the device to be so used the loop element of the fasteners may conelastic strap or band 17, and the said loop element may be provided with a lateral extension which is folded over to a position parallel with the base of the loop, as is clearly shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, the

ceases said folded over portion 18 being arranged to support the flexible connection 19 of the studelement 13. The bending of this lateral extension over to a position parallel to the base forms a U-shaped structure which will readily embrace the edge of the hose, and will hold the stud in a proper position behind the hose to beengaged by the loop element 14;.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the garter as employed for supporting a mans hose, the clasps or fasteners being slipped over the edge of the hose so as to laterally embrace the said edge, and the loops and studs then engaged through the garment in the ordinary manner. The proper amount of tension is,of course, placed 11 on the elastic connection 17, whereby the ose will be properly supported. It will, of course, be understood that this supporter may be e ually well applied to the supporting of a ladys hose and for other garments.

What I claim is: v

1. A garment sup orter comprising two suspension straps, a asteningdevice at the end of each said strap, and an elastic conelastic connecting strap, and fastening devices at the opposite ends thereof, the said fastening devices eacn comprising a loop which, together with the elastic connectin strap, is arranged to rest upon the faceo the garment, astud arranged to ass to the rear of the said garment and to e engaged.

by the said loop through the garment, and a lateral connection which connects the loop and stud over the edge of the said garment.

D. HOWARD HAYWOOD.

Witnesses:

Mex HARTOG, LYMAN S. ANDREWS, Jr. 

